Identity is so important to us. Who do we identify with? How are we identified by others? What means can we use to show who we are? Without my driver’s license or passport I can’t hop on a plane or train. If I want to see a doctor I have to prove who I am. To pay my bills I have to list on numbers upon numbers and passwords. Oh so many passwords. But what if it was all taken away? What if you had to start again? Fresh, with no electronic footprint? Would you change your path?

Today’s Five Question Friday guest has written numerous books and is here today to share her latest with us. Sit back and enjoy!

1. If one of your books were to become a movie and Johnny Depp was the lead, which book would it be and what role would you play in the movie?

Until The Price to Pay went out of print I would have said that (it’s set in a fairground) and it’s a Cougar romance) and I would definitely have been Vairi the heroine. Now? Hmmm can I say all of them where my hero is dark haired? No? Then it’s got to be Caden McCourt in Master, and well, as it’s my movie I’m playing Diana (Anna). I love the way he listens to her (eventually) when she finally tells him her fears. When I wrote it I worried that they’d never get together. I can imagine him as Caden. Mind you he’d be a great Devil in Libby’s Devil Dom as well. (It’s the er eyes…. honestly)

2. I'm currently reading Taken Identity and loving by the way, what would you do if you were in Jules's shoes when Gray shows up at her door?

I’m so glad you’re enjoying it. I think I’d wonder what he was on to be honest. It sounds so far fetched. Then, when I realized everything he said was true, I’d be spitting mad. Not with him of course, but with the situation. I’d need a large glass of wine. Then, I’d be, ‘come on then, lets get this sorted’.

3. In Nash's Niche, the couple meet at a masquerade ball, have you ever been to one and if so what did you wear?

Many, many years ago, and I went as a ballet dancer. The rules were that everything had to be home made, and if I remember rightly we were only allowed five items and a mask. I used a swim suit and loads of net. I seem to remember dancing down the village street at 5 am, accompanied by my Dh as Prince Charming.

4. You have written across genres, is there one genre that you haven’t tried yet that are thinking about? 

I’d love to be able to write a good crime book, but I know I’m not knowledgeable enough. I also don’t like reading ’nasties’, which might be a somewhat large obstacle. I have written YA, and I’d love to write more. Could you add about another twelve hours in the day please?

5. Several of your books have dancing as a key theme, are there any songs in particular that you feel drawn to as you are writing these scenes?

Until you said, I hadn’t realized that. Do you know, there isn’t. I love music, but it’s mainly pre 1980 I reckon, with a few oddities thrown in ( Human by The Killers, Iris, by The Goo Goo Dolls and Whistle for the Choir by The Fratellis spring to mind). I love songs by Simon and Garfunkel, Carole King, James Taylor, that’s my era. I guess it depends on what mood I’m in. I can write anywhere (Long haul is great, all that time and nothing I have to do elsewhere), and I can block out anything that’s going on around me. So, even if I do have music on, I couldn’t guarantee I’d know what I was listening to. 

Thank you to Ms. McAllan for stopping by and be sure to check out her books for your Friday Reads!

Happy Reading,

~GINA